{"podcast":{"title":"VPM Daily Newscast","slug":"vpm-daily-newscast-1019051","podcast_index_feed_id":1019051,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/vpmdailynewscast","website_url":"https://vpm.org/news","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7e942d00-b195-11ea-af96-ab5b8e8b2b6e/image/313a7ebb33cbc81166c2beeac17dc644.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"VPM","episode_count":1627,"summary":"This VPM News supercast contains Central Virginia's news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Kim Strother and VPM News editors, episodes are (usually) recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:17:25.970730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051"},"episode":{"title":"4/29/26 - Richmond’s budget brings expected pay increases for city employees","slug":"4-29-26-richmond-s-budget-brings-expected-pay-increases-for-city-employees","published_at":"2026-04-29T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/4-29-26-richmond-s-budget-brings-expected-pay-increases-for-city-employees","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051","url":"https://www.vpm.org/show/vpm-daily-newscast","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/VPM1352633716.mp3?updated=1748391919","summary":"Read more from VPM News: Richmond City Council approves budget changes Henrico County begins demolition of Best Products building Other links: Fired Norfolk housing head directed no-bid contracts to former associates for 2 years (WHRO News) Blue crabs spotted in James River amid drought conditions (12 On Your Side) Cerina and Justin Fairfax tragedy underscores new Va. laws that could help prevent similar violence (Virginia Mercury) West Virginia’s governor courts data center industry as Virginia mulls ending tax exemptions (Cardinal News) U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Chesterfield bank robbery, 'geofence' case (Richmond Times-Dispatch)* *This outlet uses a paywall. Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism.","meta_description":"Read more from VPM News: Richmond City Council approves budget changes Henrico County begins demolition of Best Products building Other links: Fired Norfo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":292,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/episodes/4-29-26-richmond-s-budget-brings-expected-pay-increases-for-city-employees/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/4-29-26-richmond-s-budget-brings-expected-pay-increases-for-city-employees.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}